Louisiana Tech offensive line coach Matt Moore, right, will look for improvement from his group in today's spring game.

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Sean Isabella
Louisiana Gannett

The NCAA allows its member schools to practice only 15 times during the spring, 14 of which are a mix of non-contact drills, full-contact work and scrimmages capped off by a spring game.

It doesn't take a head coach to figure out those 14 practices (just 12 can involve contact) can't simulate an actual game, which is why spring games are so important in setting the tone for fall camp when August rolls around.

For Louisiana Tech, 100 practices might not even cure a lack of experience in some areas mixed with a handful of injuries to its playmakers, but today's annual 1 p.m. spring game at Joe Aillet ...